Zenit Kazan, the Russian Super League team of U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), continues to lead the league despite going 1-1 in its last two matches.

Ball started all four sets and did not score, but set the team to a 0.53 hitting percentage. Priddy substituted in the second set and started the third and fourth. He scored 11 points on six kills (0.75 hitting percentage) and a match-high five blocks. He was credited with 13 receptions, 54 percent positive and 23 percent excellent.

On Feb. 23, Kazan fell to Dynamo Moscow, 3-2 (20-25, 24-26, 25-21, 25-22, 15-11). Priddy scored 18 points on 16 kills (0.62 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. He was also credited with 29 receptions, 55 percent positive and 28 percent excellent. Ball scored one point on a block and set the team to a 0.30 hitting percentage.

Kazan will take a couple weeks off from the Super League to play in the CEV Champions League tournament against PGE Skra Belchatow of Poland. The teams will play on March 2 and 9. Matches can be viewed at www.laola1.tv.

U.S. opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) and his team Ural Ufa defeated Yaroslavich Yaroslavl, 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 on Feb. 19. Stanley led all scorers with 15 points on 12 kills (0.31 hitting percentage), two blocks and one ace.

U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and his team Kuzbass Kemerovo beat Dynamo-Yantar Kaliningrad, 25-18, 25-23, 25-16 on Feb. 19. Lee scored four points on one kill, two blocks and one ace.

U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) and his team Fakel Novy Urengoi beat Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, 3-1 (36-34, 25-21, 19-25, 25-21) on Feb. 19. Hansen played as a substitute and scored one point on an ace.

BRAZIL

U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and his Brazilian Superleague team Vivo/Minas have won two straight matches.

On Feb. 17, Vivo/Minas swept Sao Caetano/Tamoya, 25-23, 25-19, 25-21). Holmes scored six points on four kills and two blocks.

On Feb. 19, Vivo/Minas defeated BMG/Sao Bernardo, 3-2 (25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-10). Holmes started the first three sets and scored six points on two kills, three blocks and one ace.

On Feb. 22, KAL beat Sangmu, 25-22, 25-17, 25-18. Patak started the first two sets and scored 13 points on 11 kills, one ace and one block.

On Feb. 24, KAL topped Samsung, 25-18, 25-23, 25-19. Patak led all scorers with 19 points on 15 kills, two blocks and two aces.

GREECE

In a match between two Greek league teams with U.S. players, U.S. outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Olympiacos defeated U.S. opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) and GS Lamia, 3-2 (25-27, 25-23, 20-25, 28-26, 15-13) on Feb. 20.

Jablonsky scored 13 points on 11 kills, one block and one ace. Price scored 12 points on 10 kills, one block and one ace.

Olympiacos is in third place in the league while Lamia is in sixth.

Iraklis, including U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and outside hitter Ryan Owens (Evanston, Ill.), is tied with Panathinaikos for the league lead after taking a 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-12) victory over EA Patron Lux on Feb. 19.

Billings scored 21 points on 18 kills (0.24 hitting percentage) and three blocks. Owens started the first two sets and added eight points on seven kills (0.40 hitting percentage) and one block.

U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) and PAOK won their fifth match in a row on Feb. 20, defeating ESOP Epikouros, 25-21, 25-21, 25-20. Winder started the match and scored three points. PAOK is in fourth place in the league.

Olympiacos will play Panathinaikos in the Greek Cup semifinals while Iraklis will face PAOK. Both matches will be March 2.

Lotman scored eight points on six kills (0.33 hitting percentage), one block and one ace. He was also credited with 15 receptions, 53 percent positive and 20 percent excellent. Brunner added seven points on five kills and two blocks.

Gardner scored on 17 kills (0.41 hitting percentage), three blocks and two aces.

SPAIN

Unicaja Almeria, the Spanish league team of U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) and outside hitter Riley Salmon (League City, Texas), suffered a rare loss on Feb. 19 when it fell to Tarragona SPiSP, 3-1 (25-15, 25-18, 23-25, 27-25).

Smith started all four sets and scored eight points on six kills (0.60 hitting percentage) and two aces. Salmon substituted in the second set and started the third and fourth, scoring 13 points on 12 kills (0.69 hitting percentage) and one ace.

FRANCE

U.S. setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and outside hitter Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.) led their French B league team Chaumont to a 3-1 (27-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-17) victory over Dunkerque on Feb. 19.

Vance led all scorers with 19 points on 15 kills (0.54 kill percentage), two blocks and two aces. Thornton did not score, but set the team to a 0.53 kill percentage.